Does the career money list have any important role to play for current PGA Tour players? Yes - some players are able to retain their playing privileges by virtue of appearing on the list above.

There are two exemption categories relating to the career money list: Top 25 All-Time and Top 50 All-Time. Say there's a player, Golfer X, who has a bad season and loses his tour card. But he's No. 23 on the career money list - has can claim the Top 25 All-Time exemption and keep his tour membership for another year. Same for a golfer who is, say, No. 46 - that golfer could claim the Top 25 career earnings exemption to keep his playing card, if need be.

And yes, the same golfer can use both exemptions. David Duval did that in back-to-back years: He used the Top 25 exemption first; the next season, he had fallen out of the Top 25 but was still in the Top 50, so was able to use that one.